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" Formidable guitarist Adam Seymour plays stinging solos on tracks like "Baby's Breath" and Hynde's harrowing

Engineers: Gary Dobbins

are also noisy and abrasive -- they're as poppy as the Go-Go's or No Doubt (who

Recording information: Bratislava

KIDSTICKS clear vinyl Hard to stack up toWhen Beth Orton released Sugaring Season in 2012, she had moved as far as possible from her "folktronica" origins. She'd taken guitar lessons from Bert Jansch, written more formally conventional songs, and used an organic all star studio band that included Brian Blade, Eyvind Kang, and Rob Burger, with string arrangements by Nico Muhly. Four years on, she's completely re embraced technology. Kidsticks doesn't reflect the synthesis of folk and